Twelve
Malaki Crescent
I took her back to her dorm room. When we got there, my sister Dawn was on the couch, her legs crossed and reading a magazine. She looked up at the two of us, a smirk on her face. “Well, I see that everyone’s in one piece.” Her gaze went to Iris’s. “Are you okay? He wasn’t a complete brute, was he? I can still scare him. I might be the little sister, but I do still have some power.”
Iris, to my surprise, smiled. “We’re fine. I think. Um, thanks for taking me home. I’ll think more about what you said.”
I nodded. “Good. Good. Um, can I…can I give you my number? In case you need anything?”
She hesitated, doing that thing where she played nervously with her curls. “Um. Let me give you mine instead. I’ll text you. What’s your number?”
I told her, and she sent m
